Rogers leads American against Navy

Published Jan. 1, 2025 3:22 a.m. ET

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American Eagles (6-7) at Navy Midshipmen (3-10)

Annapolis, Maryland; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: American faces Navy after Matt Rogers scored 33 points in American's 96-93 overtime loss to the UMBC Retrievers.

The Midshipmen are 2-3 in home games. Navy is seventh in the Patriot League in team defense, allowing 73.8 points while holding opponents to 44.6% shooting.

The Eagles have gone 0-6 away from home. American is fourth in the Patriot League scoring 70.5 points per game and is shooting 44.2%.

Navy scores 72.1 points per game, 0.2 fewer points than the 72.3 American gives up. American averages 70.5 points per game, 3.3 fewer than the 73.8 Navy allows.

The Midshipmen and Eagles square off Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Austin Benigni is shooting 41.4% and averaging 17.2 points for the Midshipmen.

Rogers is averaging 15.8 points and 5.7 rebounds for the Eagles.

LAST 10 GAMES: Midshipmen: 2-8, averaging 71.0 points, 34.3 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 5.1 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 41.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.0 points per game.

Eagles: 5-5, averaging 73.2 points, 29.8 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 6.7 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.6 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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